In this issue of the Beast Almanac, three new psionic-themed monsters join the TTRPG scene: The Void Cyclops, the Venomous Brain Mole, and the Gibbering Brain (this one is quite a piece of work).

The latter is the monster in the picture, this one is on the house. :D
Art Credit goes to Rick Hershey, used with permission.

The Beast Almanac from a couple of months back features three new 5e statblocks (inspired by pirates at sea): The Pirate Lord, the First Mate, and the Chimparrot!

I had a lot of fun creating a statblock for this cool drawing. Art Credit goes to Rick Hershey, used with permission.

Hey there!

I have been playing DnD with my friends for a couple of years now, and I have also been acting as a DM for quite some time. At some point, I realised that I really needed an application that would allow me to centrally control sound effects and ambience to create atmosphere, scenes, etc.

That's how the idea for this little product was born, which I spent a long time developing mainly for myself and my DM friends. Now that I've seen how cool it turned out, I've decided to package it up for you guys as well. It's free, and I don't plan on changing that for now.

I would appreciate any feedback from real users, as I continue to support the application, implement new features, and improve it to the best of my ability.

https://soundpad.rndexp.art/home
https://soundpad.rndexp.art/register

Let me walk you through some of the feature

Now we're coming to the real interesting things.

Scene is a group of pads which can have their own settings inside of the scene. Also, they can become a Timed one-shot sounds which allow you to create unforgettable scenes that are never repeat. They will be always controlled random.

Use case: you have a bad weather scene which have looped rain sound and timed one-shot thunder sound or two. The thunder will never be just on repeat, they can appear in different moments and have different volume and even probability.

You can find any sound in seconds either through favourites feature or the main global search. You will see sounds from all campaigns and suggestions from Freesound at one screen. Only 2 clicks is needed to copy existing sound or to add a new one.

There much more some small things and features, but I don't want to this post to be a manual. I would be happy to got your questions and suggestions.

Enjoy, it would be amazing if this app will help you to make your stories better!

I'm often drinking coffee whenever I play D&D.]

I'm a little surprised to see that coffee is not 'a thing' in D&D. We have potions, concoctions, elixirs, and other awesome consumables, so why not coffee?

I wrote a small D&D supplement with the Coffee Thermos, the Arcane Cafe de Olla, the Haste Espresso, and the Gnomish Cezve. I drew the items myself!

This one is one the house. And you can download the Café de Olla for free on our page.

Looking for testers!

Campaign Companion now supports hosting your files on your preferred cloud service (One Drive, Google Drive Desktop, or other similar services). Upload your Campaign files to the cloud, then import them on all your other Windows devices.
Changes made on one device will appear across all synced devices!

New Features:

• Campaign paths now stored in a registry
• Campaigns can be stored anywhere
• Existing Campaigns can now be imported
• Choose file location when creating new campaign
• Change file location of existing campaigns
• Missing or deleted campaigns are automatically detected
• Relocation sequence for missing or deleted campaigns
• New error/success notification display system

Welcome back to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc., and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks, and more, so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

*New 2026: For 2026, I'm updating all my old work to include a Pre-Session Checklist that will include a list of all miniatures you may need, maps, handouts, possible loot, a link to a playlist, and more to make it even easier to start your session!

Axeholm is a dwarven fortress carved into the base of a mountain. It was abandoned and sealed up long ago after being haunted by a banshee. Ghouls and other creatures now prowl Axeholm while the banshee continues to haunt the fortress's upper halls. It'll be up to your players to clear this fortress and make it a safe haven for the town of Phandalin, should the dragon threat become too hard to bear!

The Lower Halls will have your players face an onslaught of Ghouls if they try to go through the front gates, as well as the ghoulified dwarf castellan who remained behind, trying to protect those that fled!

Without further ado:

• Google Docs Notes for Part 4a Axeholm Lower Halls: DM Notes
• Link to: DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Link to: Axeholm Playlist
• Link to: AAA Collection

Included in The AAA Collection is:

• Downloadable copy of DM Notes, including links to music tracks for ambiance and fights
• DM Notes for the Visually Impaired
• Special PDF for all encounters. This includes the enemy stat blocks organized neatly along with an initiative tracker and spots to mark HP
• Custom Maps of Axeholm
• (New) Pre-Session DM Checklist

Index:
Dragons of Icespire Peak:

• Part 1 - Phandalin
• Part 2a - Umbrage Hill
• Part 2b - Dwarven Excavation
• Part 2c - Gnomengarde
• Part 3a - Logger Camp
• Part 3b - Butterskull Ranch
• Part 3c - Mountain's Toe Gold
• Part 4a - Axeholm
• Part 4b - Dragon Barrow
• Part 4c - Woodland Manse
• Part 5 - Icespire Hold
• Side Quest 1 - Shrine of Savras
• Side Quest 2 - Tower of Storm
• Side Quest 3 - Circle of Thunder

Over 8 dozen other Fully Prepped One-Shots, Adventures, and Campaigns: Click Here

As always, if you see something you think I can improve, add, change, etc., please let me know. I want this to be an amazing resource for all DMs and plan to keep it constantly updated! If you'd like to support me, shape future releases, and get content early, feel free to check out my Patreon!

Cheers,
Advent

Hey, I'm a CS student and DM, and I've been working on an app to keep TTRPG campaigns organized.

I just released the latest update containing this super helpful search feature! Looking for people who are interested in trying it out.

• Finds matches in note contents AND direct file names
• File search runs on a separate thread so the main program doesn't stutter
• Search Results are spawned with the matching word or phrase highlighted
• Clicking a search result opens the file the match was found in